Coupure-Prinsenhof

Coupure-Prinsenhof is central Ghent at its most serene. The Coupure itself, a tree-lined canal cut in the 18th century, is one of the city's most cherished promenades, lined with rowers, joggers and the bioscience faculty of Ghent University. Just inland lies the Prinsenhof quarter, a knot of historic streets famed as the birthplace of Emperor Charles V. The combination is unusual: you are a five-minute walk from Veldstraat's shops and the restaurant-packed Patershol, yet the streets here feel hushed and residential, with canalside calm standing in for the bustle of the core. For investors, this is a premium, low-vacancy address favoured by academics and professionals. Yields sit at the lower, city-centre end of the Ghent range, so the case rests on quality, liquidity and prestige rather than cash flow, and heritage protections in parts of the quarter can add to renovation budgets.

Coupure-Prinsenhof in Ghent, East Flanders Province, Belgium